Thill for vehicles



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A. RASMUSSEN.

THILL FOR VEHICLES.

No. 279,804. Patented June 19,1883.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

ANDERS RASMUSSEN, or OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

THILL FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,804, dated June 19, 1883,

- Application filed March 2, 1883. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDERS RASMUSSEN, of

Oshkosh, in the county of, Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Thills, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an adjustable thill for a gig, whereby the body of the gig may be kept level, regardless of the I height of the horse to which the gig is attached.

r a mortise, G, in the other, which are held in engagement with each other by a strip of spring metal, H, secured to the under side of the thill. The ends of the parts D E are adapted to form wedge-shaped recesses I between their surfaces, to provide for the adj ustment of the part D to a position out of the plane of the part E, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3.

To the upper surface of the thill is secured a strong coil-spring, J, arranged longitudinally thereon, with one end secured to the part D, and having the other end threaded and secured by nuts K in a perforated flange or plate, L, secured to the part E. By screwing the nuts so as to draw the threaded end in the direction of the arrow, the part D of the thill will be raised to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3. The thills may thus be adjusted to suit a larger or smaller horse without moving the body M of the gig out of a level position.

In Fig. 4, I have shown a straight rod, N, instead of the coil-spring J, as a means for adjusting the part D.

0 indicates an equalizing device for the springs P and body M, which is'not claimed in this application.

What I claim is 1. A thill for a gig, consisting of two .parts jointed together and combined with an adjusting device secured to the upper surface of one part, and having a rod adapted to be held by a flange on the other part, substantially as shown and described.

- 2. A thill for a gig, consisting of the parts D E, mortised and tenoned together, and combined with a strip of spring metal, H, which is secured to their under sides, and an adjusting device secured to the upper surface of one part, and having a threadedrod adapted to be held by a perforated flange on the other part, substantially as shown and described.

3. A thillfor a gig, consisting of the parts D E, mortised and tenoned together, and combined with the strip Hand the coilspring J which are arranged and adapted to co-operate together substantially in the manner herein described and shown.

AN DER-S RASMUSSEN.

WVitnesses:

JOHN W. HUME, GEO. B. M00. HILTON. 

